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How to Bake an Acorn Squash
Ingredients

A squash – washed well.
For each squash half:
1 tsp. brown sugar 
1 tsp maple syrup
2 tsp. butter/margarine
1/4 tsp. salt
You can try a pinch of cayenne, too, or experiment with your favorite spices.
Directions
1.    Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2.    Cut squash in half, crosswise or lengthwise, then scrape out seeds.
3.    Put the… More

By Lisa Wiese
There are many variations of this classic Spring dessert. Try a few, choose your favorite, or make up your own!

Ingredients:
4 cups rhubarb, diced (about 1 1/3 pounds)
1/3 cup white flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/8 tsp of salt
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 1/2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup brown sugar

Directions:
Preheat oven… More

4 cups all-purpose flour
¼ cup sugar
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 cup butter or margarine
2 beaten eggs
1 and 1/3 cups light cream
1 cup whipping cream
Butter
3 to 4 cups sliced fresh strawberries, sweetened

Stir together dry ingredients and 1 teaspoon salt; cut in 1 cup butter to form coarse crumbs. Mix eggs and light cream;… More

Ingredients
1 bunch collard greens, stems cut out and discarded
¼ cup olive oil
½ teaspoon of salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon minced garlic (optional)

Directions:
Wash the collard leaves and stack them (5-10 leaves at a time). Roll them up tightly, then slice thinly so you have a chiffonade of greens. Heat the olive oil in a large… More

By Sara Gomach
Recipe by: The Bon Appétit Test Kitchen on epicurious.com Here is soup recipe that is sure to warm up those fall chills! It’s so easy to make and features loads of fresh market veggies! Serve with your favorite salad and some crusty bread and say goodbye to cold weather blues!
Servings: 4
Total time: 40 mins

Ingredients:
2 T EVOO, divided
2… More

Fry bacon in a little olive oil, remove, break into pits, throw back in frying pan with chopped onion and chopped garlic for about 5 minutes. Add washed chopped up collard greens and cook until wilted. Add about 3 c. chicken broth, salt and pepper, and red pepper flakes, if you like. Lower heat, cover and simmer 45 minutes. Great with beans or rice or alone or as a side… More

From “Heidi of 101 Cookbooks”

2 lemon cukes sliced and quartered
2/3 c. fresh dill, loosely packed
1/4 c olive oil
1/4 c lemon juice
2 pinches of salt
8 oz. tofu
1/4 c pine nuts
1/2 ripe avocado sliced

Mix cukes, dill, oil and lemon juice and salt..let sit around 20 minutes. Toss now and then.
Cut up… More

From “All the Marmalade”
Toast a few T of sesame seeds, until lightly brown. Be careful not to let them get too brown..they may taste a little bitter, (though I like them that way).
Let cool to room temp.
Wash and slice lemon cucumbers into rounds and press both sides into the sesame seeds.
Eat. Sounds delicious.

(from Yogurt Cookery by Kay Shaw Nelson)
This recipe sounds really weird and I only tried it at my friend’s insistence. I fell in love. (with the soup, not my friend).

10 0z to 1 lb kale, cut up and washed
1/2 c chopped onion
2 T butter or margarine
1 can condensed cream of celery soup
1 soup can milk
… More

(I got this from REAP)
Wash, dry and break into small leaves, removing the vein. Coat with some olive oil and a little salt. Spread on a cookie sheet and bake at around 300-350 degrees, watching closely. After about 4 minutes start checking for the kale to become chip like (crispy and darker). As soon as it starts to look that way, remove and eat. Delicious. Depending on your… More